Some Ukrainians living overseas, including in Australia, feel blindsided by their government's latest bid to bolster the country's military might.
Ukraine has restricted consular services for men of fighting age in a renewed bid to boost its military might — a move that has angered and worried some Ukrainians in Australia. A decision, made on 23 April, meant male citizens aged 18 to 60 who live abroad could not apply for consular assistance, according to the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia and New Zealand. That means they could not access essential services including passport renewals.
What should we do? What should be done in this situation? How should I bring him, who is ill, to Ukraine for six months so that they, under gunfire and bombs, with his hard-to-control epilepsy, would grant him disability status and exempt him? "How can one understand this?" Another Ukrainian in Australia, speaking to SBS Russian on the condition of anonymity, said that since he left Ukraine due to the war, his status as a military serviceman changed from "limited fit...
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